Spindle Cell Sarcoma

My 12 year old Golden Alley was just diagnosed with Spindle Cell Sarcoma, she has a benighn tumor on her right hip which has been getting big quick. My vet wants to remove it, he says it will only get bigger and cause pain. Looking for some others who have exoerience with this.

 

On 11/18/2008 Dave12 wrote:

My 12 year old Golden Alley was just diagnosed with Spindle Cell Sarcoma, she has a benighn tumor on her right hip which has been getting big quick. My vet wants to remove it, he says it will only get bigger and cause pain. Looking for some others who have exoerience with this.

Hi Dave,

I am so sorry to hear about your Alley. I realize this is not a "New" posting but I have just found this.

I am NOT new to this website. Three years ago I was fortunate enough to find this. At that time my beautiful boy Beezer was going through TCC and passed in November 2006. I now am dealing with my little girl Penny. In November I found a lump in between her shoulder blades. It was raised and purple and took her to the vet. The tried to aspirate it. Any matter they did get, they sent for report. It too came back indicative of Sindle Cell. Her tumor got twice the size. She was operated on Jan 8th and the end result is the she has dermal hemangio-sarcoma. This is not good news. I just had her to the oncologist yesteday and they told me she should have chemo. I am now besides myself.

What is the outcome of your pup? 

I am very concerned about the chemo and have read all there is to know about the survival rates -- just like the TCC. I cannot believe this is happening all over again. I have been told 1 in 3 dogs have cancer.

 I hope you have gotten good news.

Sincerely,

Debbie

 

 

 

 

On 11/18/2008 Dave12 wrote:

My 12 year old Golden Alley was just diagnosed with Spindle Cell Sarcoma, she has a benighn tumor on her right hip which has been getting big quick. My vet wants to remove it, he says it will only get bigger and cause pain. Looking for some others who have exoerience with this.

 

Hello

My dog is 10 and last week had a spindle cell growth removed from the front of his chest.  It was the size of my thumb nail and then it grow to the size of a tennis ball within three months.  It was removed and they say it should not come back and that this cancer is one of the "better" cancers to get.  I just have to look out for any further lumps.  If your dog is diagnosed with this disease how does the vet think the growth your dog has now is benign.  The only way he would Know that is if they took a needle and removed some of the fluid from the lump.

However, if it is getting bigger, it will effect your dog and the walking ability.  My advice would be to definitely have the growth removed as soon as possible.

I have also read that flax oil is good for this form of cancer given to the dog with cottage cheese.  It helps with oxygen levels in the blood and cells and can irradicate cancer.  I hope this has been of some help to you.

My 11 year old Rottweiler has spindle cell cancer. My vet said that it will always grow back. Usually takes 5-6 surgeries. He told me to consult a vet for chemo therapy, but i don't want to put her trough that. It was 7 inches around and is now 10 inches around. Its growing fast. I don't know what to do. Some days are good, she seems happy and wants to go for long walks and then other days she looks like she is in lot of pain. Its so hard to see her feel pain. does anyone have any suggestions?